Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #175 (1786) First Line: O God! to whom revenge belongs Lyrics: 1 O God! to whom revenge belongs,
Proclaim thy wrath aloud;
Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.
2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears;"
When will the vain be wise?
Can he be deaf, who form'd their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?
3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power;
His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain
In some surprising hour.
4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod;
Thy providence, thy sacred book
Shall make them know their God.
5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw;
Thy scourges make thy children wise
When they forget thy law.
6 But God will ne’er cast off his saints,
Nor his own promise break;
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer’s sake. Topics: Afflicted Saints happy; Afflictions instruction by them; Afflictions sanctified; Afflictions of saints and sinners different; Comfort and Support in God; Deliverance from persecution; God our Support and Comfort; Instructive afflictions; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors deliverance from them; Saints chastised and Sinners destroyed; Sanctified afflictions; Afflicted Saints happy; Afflictions instruction by them; Afflictions sanctified; Afflictions of saints and sinners different; Comfort and Support in God; Deliverance from persecution; God our Support and Comfort; Instructive afflictions; Persecution Deliverance from it; Persecutors deliverance from them; Saints chastised and Sinners destroyed; Sanctified afflictions Scripture: Psalm 94:1-2 Languages: English
Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed; or Instructive Affilctions